Bunkie vs Simmesport

A side-by-side comparison of Bunkie and Simmesport: population, income, housing, and more.

Bunkie and Simmesport are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bunkie has the higher population (3,299 vs 1,455 in Simmesport). Simmesport has the higher median household income ($26,250 vs $21,634 in Bunkie). Bunkie has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $60,100 in Simmesport).

Population, income & housing

	Bunkie	Simmesport
Population	3,299	1,455
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$21,634	$26,250
Median home value	$84,200	$60,100
Median gross rent	$819	$569
Housing units	1,993	709
Homeownership rate	47.7%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunkie	Simmesport
Population	3,943 → 3,299 (-16.3%)	1,622 → 1,455 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$28,465 → $21,634 (-24.0%)	$17,120 → $26,250 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $84,200 (-6.2%)	$52,800 → $60,100 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $819 (-9.9%)	$427 → $569 (+33.3%)

Bunkie

Population

3,9433,299

Median household income

$28,465$21,634

Median home value

$89,800$84,200

Median gross rent

$909$819

Simmesport

Population

1,6221,455

Median household income

$17,120$26,250

Median home value

$52,800$60,100

Median gross rent

$427$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunkie	Simmesport
Under 5	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	22.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.9%
75 and over	13.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunkie	Simmesport
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	46.6%
Black or African American	66.4%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunkie	Simmesport
No high school diploma	28.5%	27.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunkie	Simmesport
Drove alone	80.1%	79.2%
Carpooled	1.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	10.0%	10.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunkie	Simmesport
1-unit, detached	78.2%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Bunkie	Simmesport
Poverty rate	50.6%	46.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1962	1977